The public school system is especially bad for autistic youth and they should not be in it.

It forces them with threat of violence to be in a space that is constantly overwhelming, overstimulating. It stunts their mental growth by forcing them to learn at a pace that isn't their own, it delays their social skills by putting them in a terrible environment to develop them. It is a humiliating experience and by the time they graduate they're woefully unprepared for anything.